Famous quotes containing the words xiv, army and/or corps:
“The forest of Compiegne. Look at it. Like a kind grandmother dozing in her rocking chair. Old trees practicing curtsies in the wind because they still think Louis XIV is king.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
“Roach, foulest of creatures,
who attacks with yellow teeth
and an army of cousins big as shoes ...”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“There was nothing to equal it in the whole history of the Corps Diplomatique.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)